Where does “ventilator” come from?
Ventilator comes from Latin ventilātor, an agent noun formed from ventilāre meaning to fan or winnow, derived from ventus meaning wind.
ventilator (English): A device that circulates fresh air and expels...
Definitions
- A device that circulates fresh air and expels...
Ancestry of “ventilator”, step by step
ventilator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin ventilator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ventilator | winnower; second-person singular future passive... |
| 2 | Latin | ventilō | to toss, swing, brandish in the air |
| 3 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |
via English ventilate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ventilate | To replace stale or noxious air with fresh; To... |
| 2 | Latin | ventilātus | brandished |